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Plate XXXVIII. 



HYPNE^ (continued). 

 4. Stems procumbent, pinnate, fructification near the base, leaves falcate, secund. 



Pig. 1. Htpnum hamulosuh. 



HooTc-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, pinnate, branches very slender, with the extremities hooked. 



Leaves (6) . Ovate-lanceolate, circinnate-acuminate, nerveless, hooked at the 



ends of the branches. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous, with detached barren flowers among the leaves 



{nidulant) . Capsule arched, cylindrical. Summer. 

 Locality. Alpine situations. 



Pig. 2. Hypnum cupeessifoemb. 



Cypress-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Grass green. 

 Stems. Procumbent, branches few, flat. 



Leaves (6) . Falcate, secund, lanceolate-acuminate, sub-serrated, base two- 

 nerved or nerveless. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule cylindrical, curved, lid conical. Winter. 

 Locality, Walls, &c. Common. 



A very variable species, but always with strongly falcate leaves. 



Fig. 3. HTPNtm eestipinatum. 



Upward-turned Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Creeping, piunate. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nerveless, pointing upwards. 



